Department
Name of department: Department of Surgery / Orthopaedic Surgery Section
Head of department: Felipe Fernandez
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Carlos O Valderrama Molina
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes
Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? Insurance
More information
Number of beds in department: 60
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: 500–1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: > 150
Other activities: Infection
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: Spanish
English written and spoken by our team members: written (3)* / spoken (3)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.
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